US 11,699,351 B2
Flight assistant
Sean Patrick Suiter, Omaha, NE (US); and Richard Andrew Kruse, Lincoln, NE (US)
Assigned to Otto Aero Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed by Otto Aero Company, Omaha, NE (US)
Filed on Sep. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/478,821.
Application 15/152,437 is a division of application No. 14/142,390, filed on Dec. 27, 2013, abandoned.
Application 17/478,821 is a continuation of application No. 16/673,725, filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Application 16/673,725 is a continuation of application No. 15/152,437, filed on May 11, 2016, granted, now 10,467,913, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/900,199, filed on Nov. 5, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/870,125, filed on Aug. 26, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2022/0005363 A1, Jan. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 5/00 (2006.01); G08G 5/02 (2006.01); B64D 45/08 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 5/0056 (2013.01) [B64D 45/08 (2013.01); G08G 5/003 (2013.01); G08G 5/0021 (2013.01); G08G 5/0039 (2013.01); G08G 5/0091 (2013.01); G08G 5/025 (2013.01); G08G 5/0013 (2013.01)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An aircraft flight assistant, comprising:
(a) a display for displaying an aircraft's effective range, said range size and shape adjusted for aircraft thrust, wind, and at least one of terrain or pilot performance;
(b) a transmitter for at least one of transmitting an intent to divert or squawking emergency;
(c) an interface;
(d) at least one sensor capable of detecting at least one of a current or rate of change of either (1) thrust, airspeed, altitude, or attitude associated with an aircraft having flight envelope parameters or (2) an angle of attack associated with an aircraft having angle of attack limits;
(e) a processor programmed to:
determine the existence of a deviation associated with the detected at least one of a current or rate of change of either (1) thrust, airspeed, altitude, or attitude or (2) angle of attack;
at least one of provide a voice notification, graphic display, audio tone, haptic notification, or correct the determined deviation if a magnitude of the deviation is at least one of (1) outside a preselected range, (2) outside an expected rate, or (3) in excess of the angle of attack limits;
display on said display, based on at least one of the aircraft's current or rate of change of either (1) the thrust, airspeed, altitude, or attitude or (2) the angle of attack an effective range of the aircraft, said range size and shape adjusted for aircraft thrust, wind, and at least one of terrain or pilot performance;
via the interface, at least one of automatically select an alternate landing site (ALS) or allow a user to select an alternate landing site (ALS) within the displayed effective range;
cause the transmitter to transmit at least one of an aircraft emergency code or an alternate airport identifier in response to the alternate landing site (ALS) selection;
based on at least one of the aircraft's (1) thrust, airspeed, altitude, and attitude or (2) angle of attack, create a route from a current position to the selected alternate landing site, the route accounting for terrain;
cause the display to display the route and pitch profile to be flown in order to reach the selected alternate landing site;
cause the display to display the estimated time to the selected alternate landing site;
and
continually adjust the displayed at least one of the selected ALS or effective range size and shape for aircraft thrust, wind, and at least one of terrain or pilot performance.